Chicken Breasts in Lemon Cream

Haydn in the Kitchen, p. 52

4 chicken breasts

½ C margarine

2 to 3 T vermouth

2 to 3 T lemon juice

2 tsp lemon peel, grated

1 C sour cream

½ C grated Parmesan cheese

Split, bone and skin chicken breasts, and pound to about one-half original thickness. Salt and pepper the flattened chicken breasts; saute quickly in margarine until nicely browned. 

Niiiiicely.


Remove breasts to shallow oven-proof baking dish. Add vermouth, lemon juice and peel to tidbits and fat remaining in the frying pan. Cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Add sour cream and cook 1 minute without boiling. Pour sauce over chicken. Put pat of butter over each chicken breast and sprinkle Parmesan cheese over the top. 

BUTTAH


Broil under moderate heat until hot and bubbling. 

The sheer beauty of cheese.


May be made in advance and refrigerated, then heated in oven and broiled just before serving.

A thing of beauty is a joy for as long as it takes you to eat it.

My Rating: 5/5 "Best chicken ever. Hands down. Do you like lemon? Butter? Cheese? This is going to knock your socks off. You could also probably make it with non-dairy substitutes and have it come out ok with the lemon uniting everything. But seriously, this is just out of this world."

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